Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's HistoryGood Press, 29. nov. 2019 - 9679 strani Published in 1890, this book examines the meteorological or geological conditions due to which various disasters have taken place. The writer investigates catastrophes like hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc., from ancient times to the 1800s in different parts of the world. It is a perfect way to learn about the laws of nature. |
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INCIDENTS OF THE TORNADO | |
Charybdis While it has been designed to avoid merely scientific data | |
OTHER TORNADOES | |
AN ACCOUNT OF METHODS OF PREDICTION | |
HORRORS IN THE WORLDS HISTORY | |
THE FLOOD OF 1890 | |
THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD | |
INCIDENTS AT JOHNSTOWN | |
RELIEF MEASURES | |
THRILLING TALES OF HEROISM GREAT DESTRUCTION OF TOWNS CITIES HOMES | |
FAMINE AND PESTILENCE | |
THE VOLCANO | |
TROPICAL CYCLONES | |
inexorable law in nature and to a profounder reverence for the Author | |
PERILS OF THE | |
LIFESAVING MEASURES | |
GREAT SAMOAN HURRICANE | |
ELECTRIC STORMS | |
RAIN HAIL AND SNOW | |
FLOODS IN THE SOUTH | |
GREAT ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS | |
OTHER GREAT ERUPTIONS | |
EARTHQUAKES | |
EUROPEAN EARTHQUAKES | |
EARTHQUAKES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND | |
of manifold character when there is seldom room for astonishment | |
EARTHQUAKES IN TROPICAL AMERICA | |
PREDICTION AND PREVENTION | |
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